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| author | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2011-05-17 17:06:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2011-05-17 17:06:21 +0100 |
| commit | 977c7a7c4a01ba3fad919d20404865144417d9f6 (patch) | |
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Describe conventional naming of methods and signals
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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index 40455139..6d2b26a4 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml @@ -1290,6 +1290,14 @@ <listitem><para>Must be at least 1 byte in length.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> + + <para> + It is conventional for member names on D-Bus to consist of + capitalized words with no punctuation ("camel-case"). + Method names should usually be verbs, such as + <literal>GetItems</literal>, and signal names should usually be + a description of an event, such as <literal>ItemsChanged</literal>. + </para> </sect3> <sect3 id="message-protocol-names-error"> <title>Error names</title> |